draw up

verb

1. to come or cause to come to a halt
2. tr
   1. to prepare a draft of (a legal document)
   2. to formulate and write out in appropriate form

      to draw up a contract

3. used reflexively to straighten oneself
4. to form or arrange (a body of soldiers, etc) in order or formation

Example Sentences

Some jurisdictions like the EU are already drawing up lists of pre-emptive retaliatory actions against the US, after ministers did not take seriously enough Trump's earlier threats of tariffs, which he later imposed.

From BBC

One area where it is expected to differ is in granting patients the right to draw up a document setting out their treatment preferences if they become unwell.

From BBC

A couple of weeks ago the gang down in Mar-a-Lago was popping the champagne and gleefully drawing up plans to further destroy the White House gardens once the Trumps are in residence again.

From Salon

Following the death of another infant in October 2015 Ms Powell drew up a table of the babies who had died in that period and all the nursing staff on duty during those shifts.

From BBC

Reeves is now drawing up plans to find £40bn in order to avoid real-terms cuts to departments, sources say, as first reported in the Financial Times and the Times.

From BBC

Related Words

• formulate
• prepare
• write